Golovkin-Canelo OFFICIAL!!!- Sept 16th

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Finally!

As a boxing fan, this is the biggest fight since Mayweather v Pacquiaio (yes, including the Joshua v Klitschko bout which was probably more of a crossover event)

Looks like people here have GGG as the favourite, and probably rightly so.

I really respect Canelo though. Notwithstanding whatever people think about his backers and team, the guy is a proper fighter. Turning pro at 15, over 50 fights under his belt already and he is only 26. He should be in the middle of his absolute prime right now.

Good engine, solid hitter, decent defence, good technique and a dependable chin. I've never seen him seriously hurt or in trouble. A quality elite operator. If there is a weakness, it's probably his slightly lumbering footwork (which Mayweather exploited beautifully).

The Jacobs fight may have shows some cracks in GGGs armoury, or the effects of age. He has been boxing for over 25 years now, don't forget.

Forget all the talk about weight, both these guys are around the same size and I won't be surprised if Canelo is heavier on the night of the fight.

If Golovkin superior footwork allows him to control the centre of the ring, and the pace of the fight, then I think it's going to be his night. However, if Alvarez doesn't get bullied, I can conceivably see him boxing on the back foot for a few rounds before standing in the pocket and firing back counters like Jacobs did. That certainly made GGG look mortal!

[Primo Carnera]

Finally!

As a boxing fan, this is the biggest fight since Mayweather v Pacquiaio (yes, including the Joshua v Klitschko bout which was probably more of a crossover event)

Looks like people here have GGG as the favourite, and probably rightly so.

I really respect Canelo though. Notwithstanding whatever people think about his backers and team, the guy is a proper fighter. Turning pro at 15, over 50 fights under his belt already and he is only 26. He should be in the middle of his absolute prime right now.

Good engine, solid hitter, decent defence, good technique and a dependable chin. I've never seen him seriously hurt or in trouble. A quality elite operator. If there is a weakness, it's probably his slightly lumbering footwork (which Mayweather exploited beautifully).

The Jacobs fight may have shows some cracks in GGGs armoury, or the effects of age. He has been boxing for over 25 years now, don't forget.

Forget all the talk about weight, both these guys are around the same size and I won't be surprised if Canelo is heavier on the night of the fight.

If Golovkin superior footwork allows him to control the centre of the ring, and the pace of the fight, then I think it's going to be his night. However, if Alvarez doesn't get bullied, I can conceivably see him boxing on the back foot for a few rounds before standing in the pocket and firing back counters like Jacobs did. That certainly made GGG look mortal!

From a money and hype point of view this is probably the biggest fight since Floyd & Manny. But from a Boxing point of view Ward/Kovalev was bigger surely?